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In This Corner of the World, Lu over the wall, 'Nee, Mama' Win Media Arts Awards
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The Japanese government's Ministry of Cultural Affairs announced the winners of the 21st Japan Media Arts Festival Awards on Friday. Two works won the Grand Prize in the Animation Division this year, which is the first time since 2001 that more than one work has won the award.
Manga Division
Grand Prize
Nee, Mama by Aoi IkebeExcellence Award
Ulna at the Emplacement by Tōru Izu
Yorunome wa sendegozaimasu (The night has a thousand eyes) by Kentarō Ueno
AI no Idenshi (Gene of AI) by Kyūri Yamada
New Face Award
Amagiyuiko no tsuno to ai (A horn and love of Amagi Yuiko) by Yōko Kuno
Baku-chan by Jūshichi Masumura
The website also listed 39 Jury Selections in the Manga Division, including Boichi and Riichirou Inagaki's Dr. Stone, Posuka Demizu and Kaiu Shirai's The Promised Neverland, and Haruko Kumota and Shion Miura's The Great Passage, among others.
Animation Division
Grand Prize
In This Corner of the World by Sunao Katabuchi
Lu over the wall by Masaaki Yuasa
Excellence Award
Harmonia feat. Makoto short film by Tarafu Otani (Japan)
Cocolors OVA by "COCOLORS" Production Team (Toshihisa Yokoshima, Representative)
Negative Space short film by Ru Kuwahata / Max Porter (Japan / United States)
New Face Award
The Great Passage TV series by Toshimasa Kuroyanagi (Japan)
The First Thunder short film by Anastasia Melikhova (Russia)
Yin short film by Nicolas Fong (France)
The website also listed 29 Jury Selections in the Animation Division. The Jury Selections featured 10 Japanese works, including:
Colorful Ninja Iromaki
Animated feature film
Kentarou KobayashiYour Voice -Kimikoe (Kimi no Koe o Todoketai)
Animated feature film
Naoyuki ItōSound! Euphonium the Movie -May the melody reach you! (Gekijō-ban Hibike! Euphonium: Todoketai Melody)
Animated feature film
"Hibike!" Production Team (Taichi Ogawa, Representative)Farewell Galaxy
Animated short film
Hiroshi MurakamiNorman the Snowman - On a Night of Shooting Stars
Animated short film
Takeshi YashiroMade in Abyss
Animated TV series
Masayuki KojimaThe Night is Short Walk On, Girl
Animated feature film
Masaaki YuasaBLAME!
Animated feature film
Hiroyuki SeshitaCandy.zip
Animated short film
Tomoki MisatoJUNK HEAD
Animated long film
Takahide Hori
Fumito Ueda's The Last Guardian game won the Grand Prize in the Entertainment Division.
Manga creator, manga researcher, and professor Osamu Takeuchi won this year's Special Achievement Award alongside businessman Shunsaku Tamiya.
Source: Comic Natalie
